News Tevita Pangai Junior on the hunt for Canterbury, with his career at the crossroads

[The DoggFather]

6 offloads
1 tackle break
21/22 tackles at 95%
15 runs for 122m
2 errors

 

[Nano]

6 offloads
1 tackle break
21/22 tackles at 95%
15 runs for 122m
2 errors

NOt too bad for his first game back after a while out, hopefully he stays injury free as we need some size he offers lol

 

[BULLDVGS]

$50 says he does his other calf. Who is willing to bet against me?

Pay up g

 

[KLil]

Pay up g

You didn't hear he pulled up lame??

Double or nothing, he will get reported this week.

 

[BULLDVGS]

You didn't hear he pulled up lame??

Double or nothing, he will get reported this week.

Haha fkn cop out bro

 

[InGusWeTrust]

I (perhaps shamefully) turned the game off after the first half. I was just over the bad luck and the team not handling it. Losing Kiraz and Okunbor stinking it up on the wing did it for me.

Anyway, one shining light was how aggressive and effective Tevita was! Amazing performance for his first hitout.

 

[KLil]

Haha fkn cop out bro

Hahahaha...

I'll pay ya one day, in some form, one way or another

I also owe @Cappuccino. Bloke nailed it, TPJ had a decent game apart from his stupid dummy half adventures.

 

[InGusWeTrust]

Another guy, much lower paid players have been carrying since he joined the club.

Funny that, because he carried most of the team on the weekend. Don’t get me wrong, I have also questioned his value, but he showed up when few did the other day. If he can just stay on the field we’ll get the rewards.

 

[Raikkonen]

6 offloads
1 tackle break
21/22 tackles at 95%
15 runs for 122m
2 errors

TPJ also provides a presence that isn't captured in stats. Adds aggression, tempo, has defence questioning him.

 

[ddt192]

6 offloads
1 tackle break
21/22 tackles at 95%
15 runs for 122m
2 errors

What did you think of his performance bro?

 

[Trafford10]

Funny that, because he carried most of the team on the weekend. Don’t get me wrong, I have also questioned his value, but he showed up when few did the other day. If he can just stay on the field we’ll get the rewards.

Totally agree.
If he can maintain that form he can make up for the lesser performances.

 

[The DoggFather]

Pussy Cuck Jnr

Big for nothing, shit talking cat

 

[Roll the Bones]

I'm a fan, but bog average today. Hopefully better next week, and more consistent from there. He needs to inspire the younger pups.

 

[Bob dog]

I'm a fan, but bog average today. Hopefully better next week, and more consistent from there. He needs to inspire the younger pups.

Big talker shit walker

 

[LordSidious66]

Did sweet F/A. He had a nice clean jersey at full time.

 

[Robbothedestroyer]

Time for Gould to pick up the phone to uncle Wayne have we got a deal for you….

 

[GoTheDoggies]

If we had Vaughany he’d be a bench impact trying to force his way into the starting side.

 

[Bob dog]

Gutter tactics, needs to watch Payne Haas to see what a damaging ball runner looks like.
Did we release Vaughn for the likes of that?

 

[2144superman]

‘He plays for highlights’: Tallis slams Dogs enforcer in urgent need of ‘penny drop’ moment

Fox League from Fox Sports
July 25th, 2023 11:20 am

Rugby league legend Gorden Tallis has accused Canterbury enforcer Tevita Pangai Junior of “playing for highlights” and wasting his potential.

There’s always been big raps on Pangai Junior’s ability, but he’s fallen short of those expectations in stints at the Broncos and Bulldogs.
The one exception

was a six-game cameo at the Panthers in 2021 when Ivan Cleary simplified TPJ’s game and the front-rower helped the club win a premiership.

But Tallis believes the 27-year-old has fallen back into bad habits since joining the Dogs last year and said he needs to put the team first.

“He plays for highlights, he plays for the big play,” Tallis said on NRL 360.

“If the penny dropped, like with (Broncos prop) Payne Haas, and he got a buzz out of playing the ball quick then he’d be one of the best players in the game.

You see (Panthers prop Spencer) Leniu comes off the bench, he knocks them over like ten pin bowling and plays the ball quick (and) that is the biggest play in the game.

“If Pangai comes off the back fence and gets between two guys, uses his strength and ability to get between two and play the ball quick, that is so valuable in the modern game. But he doesn’t see that as a commodity.

“He wants the big offload, the step and all that play that doesn’t come off.”

Tallis said Pangai Junior has “promised the world and provided an atlas” in the NRL, while Braith Anasta called the $750,000 forward the “most frustrating” player in the competition.

“If I said to him you play the ball quick we’ll give you pat on the back, you play the ball quick 15 times and you’ll get man of the match or have 10 runs and five offloads, he’ll take 10 runs and five offloads,” Tallis said.

“I think he’s the most frustrating player to watch because the potential that he has had the player he could be but just not to see him reach it and it hurts the clubs that he’s at because he costs so much,” Anasta said.

‘He plays for highlights’: Tallis slams Dogs enforcer in urgent need of ‘penny drop’ moment

‘He plays for highlights’: Tallis slams Dogs enforcer in urgent need of ‘penny drop’ moment

www.foxsports.com.au

 

[John Matrix]

“He plays for highlights, he plays for the big play,” Tallis said on NRL 360.

Nailed it
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Nice to see you back bro!